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Posted by geoffs on Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:21 pm

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Yep, another boring song sparrow... :wink: I was experimenting with getting in close and succeeded with this little guy. I got to within 5 or 6 feet and he cooperated on his perch. The result was this closeup.

20D, 300mm + 1.4x, 1/800 @ f/7.1, ISO 400, -1/3 EC, cropped, neatimage, usm.
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by stevebein on Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:30 pm
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Geoff,
This looks like a very nice close up. However, My eyes are still dialated from the opthomologist and life is fuzzy for a while. :lol:
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by photosbyvito on Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:02 pm
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oh my gosh geoff! that's insane!!
beautifully sharp!
love the eye!!
one thing...fix the purple fringing on the eye...;)
gorgeous
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by Justin C on Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:12 pm
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A great close-up.Love the detail. 8)
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by mcameron on Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:18 pm
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Cool closeup! The detail in the feathers, eyering, and beak are great!

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:21 pm
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Very nice detail. I wish for more DOF to get the shoulder in focus or a crop to just include the head.
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by geoffs on Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:25 pm
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photosbyvito wrote:one thing...fix the purple fringing on the eye...;)
Really? PF? Boy, for the price of that L lens, I hope not! Seriously, Vito, I don't see any. Does anyone else?
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by photosbyvito on Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:14 pm
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lol, it's where the bright reflection of the sky or flash is meeting the deep dark black eye...
it's not a big deal lol,
like, 5 seconds in PS...

if you zoom really close into the eye, you should see the purple...
if not...the colorvision spyder didn't do anything :P ;)
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by geoffs on Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:22 pm
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Vito - you are fantastic! ...and have the eyes of an eagle!!! Sure enough, I brought this up in PSCS and zoomed into just the eye and there definitely is PF just at that reflection of the sun in the eye. Hmm, well I guess L lenses can't do everything...

:shock:
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by photosbyvito on Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:41 pm
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lol, i'm glad to hear it's not my monitor...or my eyes ( :shock: )
i bet that is the sun...and not just the sky (my first theory)

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by Michael Dossett on Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:51 pm
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Cool shot Geoff. I wish you had stopped down to f8 for this one thoug. There seems to be less clarity on the nearer parts of the bird.
 

by geoffs on Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:55 pm
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The softness at lower left is due to 2 reasons:

1. DOF - yes, I probably needed to step down a tad more. I had enough light to be able to do it or could have gone up in ISO. I didn't think fast enough on my feet. :roll:

2. It was very windy. Some of the blur is motion blur as the feathers were getting blown around.
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by KK Hui on Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:08 pm
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Nice closeup, Geoff!
Could do with less body and trade for a bit more room in front of beak ... :roll:
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by Cindy Marple on Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:19 pm
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I'm impressed with how close you got! It's sharp in the most important places. More room in front is my wish.
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by Mike Wilson on Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:29 pm
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Great closeup, more DOF would make it better.
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by geoffs on Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:45 pm
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Thanks, everyone! Great comments and constructive suggestions, all of which I will try and use to apply to my future shots!
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